Description

1820, extended 1882, altered 1957. 2-storey, 3-bay, piend-roofed former manse L-plan with later wing and porch. Harled with stone margins.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Small piended porch with bipartite window and door on return to right to centre bay at ground, windows in flanking bays and 3 smaller windows close to eaves at 1st floor. Later set-back bay to outer left with bipartite window to each floor, that to 1st floor breaking eaves into dormerhead.

E ELEVATION: advanced bay to left of centre with 2 window to ground and further window close to eaves to outer right at 1st floor, dominant wallhead stack to centre; 3 later set-back bays to right with bipartite window to each floor of centre bay, further bipartite to left at ground with single piended dormerheaded window above, and window in bay to right at ground.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrical elevation with variety of elements including stair window to centre of original block and projecting wing to left.

4-, 12-pane and plate glass glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped harled stacks with cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATES: coped rubble boundary walls with hooped ironwork gates and decorative ironwork posts.

Statement of Interest

Glebe land belonging to the parish church manse included garden and ground amounted to 4.5 acres. Conversion to a home for retired nurses took place in 1957, and reversion to a domestic dwelling in the late 20th century.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56645563

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas